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Tension accelerates in Iraq  2006

BAGHDAD, March 12 (Xinhuan) -- Violence has been on the rise across the entire Iraq after the bombing of a holly Shiite shrine in northern Iraq on Feb. 22. The bloodshed afterwards claimed over 500 lives, making people fear that the country is on the edge of a civil war.

US encounters guerrilla warfare in Iraq  2004

BAGHDAD, April 4 (Xinhua) -- The US forces' death toll in Iraq has risen to 610 with seven US soldiers killed Sunday during clashes with Shiite militiamen, known as the Mehdi Army, in the Sadr City near Baghdad.

US lanches war on Iraq  2003

BAGHDAD, March 20 (Xinhua) -- The United States launched a war on Iraq early morning on March 20, 2003. US warplanes raided the Iraqi capital of Baghdad about one and a half hours after the expiration of the deadline set by US President George W. Bush for Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to leave the country or face war.

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